Tire-tightener



B. F. CARLON.

(MQdel.)

TIRE TIGH'IENER.4

Patented oct( 11,1881..

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNE.

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. OARLON, OF RED OAK, IOWA.

`TI RE-TIG HTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,139, dated October 11, 1681.

. Application fiieaJuIj 2o, issi. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OARLON, ot' Red Oak, in the county ot' Montgomery and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Tire-Tight'euer, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is. to 4provide a new and improved device for expanding the felly of a wheel to till the tire completely, and thus unite the Ielly and the tire very firmly.

The invention consists of two arms with jaws and bindingscrews at the outer ends to receive and hold the telly, which armsare pivoted to a forked swivel-head loosely mounted in the top of a capstairhead of a screwtitting into a threaded aperture of a base resting against the hub ofthe wheel, so that the l'elly can be expanded b5' turning the capstan-head of the screw.

In the accon'ipanyingdrawings, Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation of myimproved tiretightener, showing a side view ot' the tellyholding arms. Fig. 2 is aside elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the swivelhead screw, capstan-head, and arms, showing the latter in a horizontal position.

The two arms A A are forked at the upper ends or provided with jnws B B, between which the fellies G of a wheel lit, which iellies are held to thejaws by binding-screws D D passing through these jaws B. The armsAA are pivoted in a forked swivel-head, E, loosely mounted on the head F, provided with apertures G G, for receiving a rod or lever, and rigidly mounted on the end of a screw, H, fitting into a threaded cap, J, and 4into au aperture, K, in a pedestal or block, Il, which is chamfered at the lower ends, as shown at M, to tit in between the spokes N where the same enter the hub O.

The operation is as follows: The base L is placed upon the hub O, between the spokes N yN, and the forked ends of the arms A A are than radially. By turning thehead F by means ot' a rod or lever passed into one of the apertures Gr the screw H passes out ot' the block or pedestal L, and the upper ends ofthe arms A A will be separated, and as'thejv are firmly united with the felly, the same will be expanded, and washers can be passed into the joint P to fill up the space between the ends ot' the i'ellies.

If the arms A A are placed in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, the within-described device can be used as a jack to lift wagons and other loads.

Having thus desrribed Amy invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a tire-tightener, the combination', with the block L, having threaded cap J, and the screw H, having a head, F, with aperturesG,

of the head E, swiveled to the top ot' head F, and the arms A A, pivoted to head E, the whole adapted to be used as described.

YBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARLON.

Nitnessem A. P. GARMICHAEL, G. H. GARLON. 

